Welcome!

This is the online home of the Hommocks Middle School Earth Science Department. This site serves as a collection of the best resources available to help you explore, learn, and review the scientific fields of astronomy, meteorology, and geology. Clicking on these three categories of Earth Science in the menu will revel the sub topics of each area. Clicking on a sub topic will reveal a variety of resources pertaining to that topic. Resources include animations, videos, handouts, labs, diagrams, and more. Below these pages is the Review link which reveals a variety of Regents Exam review resources. You will also notice the ESRT page, which is full of great resources pertaining to the use of the New York State Earth Science Reference Tables. The other category contains just that, other cool stuff including a growing multimedia collection, software downloads, and an overview of our "iPads in the Classroom" program.

We would like to thank all the hard working educators who have created the materials found within this site. These tools and resources make learning about the Earth and space much more interactive, exciting, and enjoyable. Please feel free to contact us with any comments on the site, and suggested resources that we can add, or simply to say hi. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy HMXEarthScience.com

Preparing for the Regents Exam

Though we all love Earth Science simply because it's just so cool, we also know that students in New York are preparing for an end of the year state assessment called the Physical Setting/Earth Science Regents Examination. This exam, which is administered in June, August, and January, tests students knowledge about all the major fields of Earth Science, including astronomy, meteorology, and geology.

This in mind, our website has been designed as a hub for not only learning Earth Science, but also for preparing for this important examination. Exploring the site, you will find tons of great review resources, including videos, flashcards, games, and worksheets. Please take advantage of these great tools as you review the material prior to this important examination.